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ProxySG™ 200 Series Overview

Remote Office Visibility, Control and Acceleration of Web Communications

The Web is increasingly critical for business operations for remote offices while the growth of new threats such as spyware, viruses, trojans and browser attacks leveraging real-time web communications continue to spiral upward.

Allowing direct Internet access from remote offices can unburden corporate WANs from bandwidth-robbing spyware that often impedes business processes. However, IT administrators face the challenge of installing, configuring and managing secure networks in remote branch offices where IT staff are generally scarce. A primary goal of IT is to reduce costs to support remote offices while increasing security and control as Internet content (and associated threats) continue to evolve.

The ProxySG 200 provides an affordable appliance solution for remote offices where direct Internet access requires visibility and control. Remote offices gain acceleration of web-based applications from a centralized corporate network hub leveraging compression, bandwidth management and integrated caching features found in the ProxySG. With multiple options available for authentication integration, the ProxySG appliances can be configured to advise, coach and enforce policies for remote sites, groups and individual users.

Centralized policy administration (for multi-site deployments) is provided by Blue Coat Director, while Blue Coat Reporter provides log aggregation from multiple remote-office appliances for concise reports and analysis of web communications and policy enforcement.